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Articles of the author Rashed Al Fawzan
Companies should give Saudi workers a chance to prove themselves
Many employers are reluctant to hire Saudis because of claims that they do not take work seriously. However, this is not true. Each employer has a duty to pay back to society for he would not have started and succeeded in business had it not been (...)

20 - 05 - 2017
Help women start small businesses
Al-Riyadh Data issued by the General Statistics Authority show that unemployment reached 12.1 percent between 2015 and 2016, and was up from 11.6 percent the year before. The number of unemployed Saudis was 693,784 by the third quarter of 2016; of (...)

06 - 05 - 2017
Leaving govt jobs to open private enterprises
Al-Riyadh THERE is a new move to reduce dependence on government for employment and I believe that this is the correct approach to have a brighter future. The government currently employs more than 50 percent of the country's workforce and this has (...)

01 - 11 - 2016
Finish stalled projects first
BEFORE we start talking about new projects and whether these projects will be included in the upcoming budget or the next one, we need to stop and discuss the many stalled projects all over the country. We need to find out why these projects are (...)

06 - 10 - 2016
Investing in Haj and Umrah
Haj is an annual event, the dates of which we know. So is the case with Umrah. The only difference is that Haj lasts for a few days while Umrah is ongoing throughout the year. As a result, large numbers of people from all over the world visit the (...)

01 - 10 - 2016
Deport illegal expatriates
These vendors spread out on streets of other areas as Al-Murqib and Al-Ghurabi as well. Besides occupying these streets, one can only imagine the scope of illegal activities these illegal expatriates are engaged in. Almost daily, local newspapers (...)

14 - 07 - 2016
The Saudi stock market should have a medical sector
ALTHOUGH the number of companies in the medical sector has risen, we still do not have an official medical sector. We have five medical companies that should have their own sector. If we look at the energy sector, we see that there are only two (...)

10 - 06 - 2016
The unsolvable issue of recruitment
Al-Riyadh Years have passed and find it tough to recruit domestic help, especially housemaids. What exactly is the crux of the problem? The issue is presented and discussed time and again but without any real and tangible solution. The problem is (...)

15 - 03 - 2016
Industrialization is not measured by the number of factories
IN the Kingdom, there are over 6,000 factories and around 40 industrial cities. Does that mean we are an industrialized country? I do not think so. Industrialization is measured by the value or contribution of industry to the Gross National Product (...)

11 - 03 - 2016
Alternative energy
Al-Riyadh Until today I could not find a good reason for the Kingdom not investing in the alternative energy sector, especially in solar energy. We need not invent anything for this purpose as others have done it already. Solar energy and other (...)

19 - 01 - 2016
Why do we fail in crisis management?
Al-Riyadh I do not know why we fail to make contingency plans, predict potential crises and formulate plans on how to deal with them. I am not saying we should predict exactly what happens in the future but we should at least have some plans in (...)

16 - 01 - 2016
Blame poor drainage systems, not the weather
These days, we hear the phrase "bad weather" all the time, and how the weather is to be blamed for the recent flooding and pools of rainwater. Let us look at the Ministry of Rural and Municipal Affairs' statistics on the drainage systems and how (...)

01 - 01 - 2016
300 Saudi plumbers, carpenters
Three hundred Saudi youth, who are sponsored and supported by Al-Birr Charity Organization in the Eastern Province, have joined the professions of plumbers and carpenters. This is not a dream but a reality. These young men have benefited from the (...)

30 - 12 - 2015
The metro and the crisis of tunnels
Okaz With the onset of the rainy season, we are witnessing a crisis of tunnels. Two of the tunnels in Riyadh city sank as a result of heavy flooding late last month. If we examine the Riyadh Metro project, which is expected to finish and open for (...)

14 - 12 - 2015
Measures against illegals
Okaz The problem of illegal migrations is an international phenomenon and I can say the issue is impossible to solve, whether we are talking about Umrah visitors or people who came to the Kingdom to visit relatives but never returned home. It does (...)

01 - 12 - 2015
34% of MOH budget is spent on treating diabetes
Al Riyadh Newspaper The Ministry of Health is facing untold challenges. To overcome these challenges, it needs to provide complete medical services and qualified healthcare professionals. Of course, it is extremely difficult for any health agency (...)

06 - 11 - 2015
Oil and gas engineers remain jobless
Al-Riyadh I HAVE received many letters from unemployed Saudis who are holding master's and PhD degrees. Some of these people have graduated from universities abroad. There is a problem here. Either these graduates were sent abroad to study (...)

07 - 08 - 2013
5.9m Saudi women can work
Riyadh newspaper THE number of women who have reached working age in the Kingdom is now 5.9 million, according to Ruqaya Al-Abdullah, director of women's work development in the Ministry of Labor. The number of women who work is 706,000 out of (...)

27 - 04 - 2012
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